The story of Estonian Orthodoxy, as often told through the narrative of collective trauma, is not homogeneous and uncontested. The co-existence of two Orthodox communities in present-day Estonia, each insisting on exclusive canonical legitimacy and holding different views of the past, the incomplete work of transitional justice, and the untold story of political collaboration appear as irreconcilable differences that challenge the ideals of Christian unity. In order to address these unresolved problems of a traumatic past, the paper will turn to the ascetic theology of twentieth-century Orthodox saints St Silouan (1866–1938) and St Sophrony Sakharov (1896–1993) and to the musical oeuvres of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt (b. 1935). The approach of these Orthodox ascetics, the article argues, provides an important perspective on Christian mission in a wounded world.

爱沙尼亚东正教的故事，正如经常通过集体创伤的叙述所讲述的那样，不是同质的和无可争议的。当今爱沙尼亚的两个东正教社区共存，每个社区都坚持排他性的正统合法性并持有对过去的不同看法，过渡正义的不完整工作以及不为人知的政治合作故事似乎是挑战理想的不可调和的分歧基督徒的合一。为了解决创伤性过去的这些未解决的问题，本文将转向 20 世纪东正教圣徒 St Silouan（1866-1938）和 St Sophrony Sakharov（1896-1993）的苦行神学以及爱沙尼亚的音乐作品作曲家 Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)。文章认为，这些东正教苦行者的做法，